Montréal Canadiens at Colorado Avalanche

Mar 26, 2024 · Ball Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
Montréal Canadiens	2	27
Colorado Avalanche	1	28

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
00:43	COL	Nathan MacKinnon (45)	Mikko Rantanen (58), Devon Toews (32)	0 - 1
00:52	MTL	Nick Suzuki (29)	Juraj Slafkovský (25), David Savard (12)	1 - 1
14:53	MTL	Joel Armia (12)	Alex Newhook (13), Kaiden Guhle (14)	2 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
07:13	MTL	Nick Suzuki	Hooking	2
10:09	MTL	Arber Xhekaj	Cross checking	2
2nd Period
09:12	MTL	Jordan Harris	High sticking	2
3rd Period
11:18	COL	Sean Walker	Hooking	2
14:57	COL	Sean Walker	High sticking double minor	4

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Montréal Canadiens	50	37	27	2	3.4	40.2
Colorado Avalanche	67	46	28	1	2.9	59.8

How the game went

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Colorado Avalanche had taken more, and below it and blue while Montréal Canadiens had.

Expected goals

Montréal Canadiens: 3.4 expected, 2 scored · Colorado Avalanche: 2.9 expected, 1 scored

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted.

Where the attempts came from

Montréal Canadiens

Colorado Avalanche

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Montréal Canadiens

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Nick Suzuki · Cole Caufield · Juraj Slafkovský	14:33	38.1	47.5	1-0
Brendan Gallagher · Joel Armia · Alex Newhook	9:39	63.6	78.8	1-0
Josh Anderson · Jake Evans · Jesse Ylonen	7:54	33.3	25.1	0-0
Colin White · Michael Pezzetta · Rafael Harvey-Pinard	5:25	0.0	0.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mike Matheson · Kaiden Guhle	14:39	30.6	31.1	1-1
Jordan Harris · Jayden Struble	13:16	33.3	54.3	0-0
David Savard · Arber Xhekaj	10:46	61.9	53.1	1-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
14	Nick Suzuki	C	1	0	1	1	2	3	1	22:17	0.43	20-30	0.92-1.15
40	Joel Armia	R	1	0	1	1	0	6	1	17:03	0.22	15-11	0.55-0.33
15	Alex Newhook	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	17:28	0.11	15-14	0.55-0.69
20	Juraj Slafkovský	L	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	21:57	0.09	19-33	0.92-1.52
21	Kaiden Guhle	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	23:01	0.21	16-28	0.58-1.10
58	David Savard	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	17:26		18-9	0.56-0.35
7	Brendan Gallagher	R	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	12:03	0.20	18-9	0.59-0.19
8	Mike Matheson	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	27:11	0.21	13-31	0.47-1.30
13	Cole Caufield	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	21:16	0.31	16-30	0.88-1.36
16	Colin White	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	09:03		1-9	0.11-0.18
17	Josh Anderson	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	12:43	0.33	7-10	0.41-0.33
43	Jordan Harris	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	19:20		11-22	0.90-0.72
47	Jayden Struble	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	16:08		10-20	0.79-0.72
48	Rafael Harvey-Pinard	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11:40		1-8	0.21-0.31
56	Jesse Ylonen	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	08:55	0.07	4-9	0.09-0.25
61	Michael Pezzetta	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	06:27		1-8	0.00-0.30
71	Jake Evans	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16:39		5-12	0.30-0.65
72	Arber Xhekaj	D	0	0	0	1	2	1	5	13:23	0.01	15-12	0.56-0.63

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
35	Samuel Montembeault	W	28	27	1	60:00	2.91	+1.91

Colorado Avalanche

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Nathan MacKinnon · Jonathan Drouin · Mikko Rantanen	15:13	67.5	77.1	1-1
Artturi Lehkonen · Valeri Nichushkin · Casey Mittelstadt	9:02	78.6	64.7	0-1
Zach Parise · Miles Wood · Ross Colton	7:48	36.8	39.6	0-0
Andrew Cogliano · Yakov Trenin · Brandon Duhaime	5:20	53.8	25.4	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Devon Toews · Cale Makar	15:02	75.0	79.5	1-1
Josh Manson · Samuel Girard	12:06	71.4	89.6	0-1
Jack Johnson · Sean Walker	10:48	36.4	19.7	0-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
29	Nathan MacKinnon	C	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	24:29	0.64	32-15	1.26-0.32
7	Devon Toews	D	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	22:52	0.08	35-13	1.42-0.33
96	Mikko Rantanen	R	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	25:48	0.52	35-14	1.37-0.32
3	Jack Johnson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	13:00	0.01	8-17	0.18-0.92
8	Cale Makar	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	26:41	0.18	28-10	1.01-0.26
9	Zach Parise	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	09:33		7-12	0.33-0.50
11	Andrew Cogliano	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10:18	0.04	8-6	0.23-0.58
11	Miles Wood	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	10:43	0.26	8-15	0.33-0.58
11	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	15:04	0.13	14-4	0.61-0.28
13	Yakov Trenin	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11:43	0.04	10-10	0.23-0.77
24	Brandon Duhaime	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	07:14	0.13	8-9	0.20-0.66
26	Sean Walker	D	0	0	0	0	6	1	2	15:12	0.06	14-18	0.52-1.24
42	Josh Manson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	16:22	0.28	16-9	0.83-0.40
43	Valeri Nichushkin	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	17:25	0.20	12-6	0.53-0.39
49	Samuel Girard	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	20:09	0.01	21-14	0.94-0.58
62	Artturi Lehkonen	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	14:03	0.12	13-4	0.68-0.39
79	Ross Colton	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	11:18	0.05	7-13	0.33-0.50
92	Jonathan Drouin	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	22:47	0.11	30-16	1.18-0.32

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
29	Justus Annunen	L	27	25	2	59:19	2.42	+0.42